Minsky was accused of calling the woman at her home on Sept. 15, 1982, and disguising his voice. Asked to guess the identity of her caller, she revealed her husband`s name, police said.

According to authorities, Minsky pretended to be her husband and told her he was in trouble. He then asked her to cooperate with the next speaker on the phone, who would be his attorney, police said.

According to police, Minsky changed his voice and identified himself as a lawyer named Robert Miller. He told the woman her husband had been arrested for vehicular homicide and could face 25 years in prison, police said.

Speaking as ``Miller,`` Minsky told the victim that police had not yet found one of the witnesses against her husband, police said. If she would pay the witness and keep him occupied at a hotel until about 5 p.m., Minsky told her that her husband would not be charged, police reported.

In the 30-minute conversation, according to police, Minsky asked her how much money and what kind of credit cards she had. When she said she had $100, he told her to dress attractively and bring the money and cards to the Howard Johnson`s Hotel in the 700 block of North Atlantic Boulevard, police said.

When the woman arrived at the hotel, Minsky posed as the witness and told her to get a room with her American Express card so they could exchange the money, detectives said.

Once in the room, she did not resist his sexual advances for fear of what would happen to her husband, police said. After she was raped, the woman told detectives, Minsky asked her for her money. Police said he also made her cash an additional $300 on her credit card.

After returning home and speaking with her husband, the woman knew she had been deceived and called police, authorities said.

``She felt so ridiculous about getting conned into this thing,`` Assistant State Attorney Jolly said.